Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.23%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages , Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction , Financial Services and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.23%, while the MDAX index added 0.33%, and the TecDAX index added 0.33%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (ETR:1COV ), which rose 1.75% or 1.00 points to trade at 58.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG ) added 1.31% or 8.00 points to end at 619.60 and Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG ) was up 0.96% or 1.15 points to 120.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:VOWG_p ), which fell 1.98% or 1.76 points to trade at 87.04 at the close. Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:PSHG_p ) declined 1.62% or 0.58 points to end at 35.18 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn ) was down 1.49% or 4.80 points to 317.80.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn ) which rose 7.77% to 15.32, Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG ) which was up 3.47% to settle at 70.00 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG ) which gained 2.81% to close at 69.42.

The worst performers were K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn ) which was down 1.52% to 10.40 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G ) which lost 1.02% to settle at 15.60 and Puma SE (ETR:PUMG ) which was down 0.88% to 45.13 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn ) which rose 7.77% to 15.32, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG ) which was up 4.03% to settle at 113.60 and TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV ) which gained 2.60% to close at 9.47.

The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n ) which was down 3.21% to 79.95 in late trade, Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG ) which lost 2.49% to settle at 66.60 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn ) which was down 1.10% to 49.45 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 319 to 318 and 44 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.85% to 15.84.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.49% or 12.84 to $2,632.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.95% or 0.66 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.70 to trade at $71.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 107.81.

Source: Investing.com